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My biggest insight on my (self diagnosed, high functioning) Autism. For most people, the golden rule works. Treat other people as you want to be treated, and
by robrenaud 1y ago
My biggest insight on my (self diagnosed, high functioning) Autism.
For most people, the golden rule works. Treat other people as you want to be treated, and modulo rare interactions with asshole people, you get along well.
For autistic people interacting with most non-autistic people, you've got to use the diamond rule. Treat other people as they want to be treated.
I love when people just straight up tell me directly that I am wrong because of X and Y. Give me Crocker's rules. This works very poorly in most situations, however. My superpower is offending people by telling them my (readily correctible) perception of the truth.
- whatsupdog 1y ago> Treat other people as you want to be treated I want to be left alone, and when I do that to others (leave them alone) they think I'm arrogant.
- dankwizard 1y agoWouldn't be an autism thread without all the self diagnosers coming out to throw in their two cents.
- egoisticalgoat 1y agoWould you instead like to have a conversation about the costs and difficulties associated with getting an autism diagnosis as an adult?
- phito 1y agoNot to mention the risks of being on a list.
- egoisticalgoat 1y agoTrue, as someone whose country of origin just this year had debates about registries for mentally ill people, i feel like i should've added that point as well, thanks
- phito 1y agoWouldn't be an autism thread without all the label gatekeepers